Samuel Morris

Barcelona Cricket Club

In the late 1880s, Morris became a member of the British Club de Barcelona, just like his father. There, he practiced several modalities such as cycling, rugby, tennis, and hockey. In 1891, together with his father, Henry Wood, and William MacAndrews, he founded the Barcelona Cricket Club, one of the many branches of the British Club. They played their first cricket matches in a field near the Hippodrome of Can Tunis, which were disputed between the club's members and on some occasions against British sailors who docked in the port of Barcelona, with the earliest example of this dating back to 28 August 1891. Eventually, his younger brother Enrique also joined the Cricket Club. Together with his father, Morris was one of the first pioneers of football in Catalonia, being part of the first known club to have played football in the city, the Barcelona Cricket Club, since they played cricket in the summer and then football in the winter (which was common at the time). His younger brother Enrique eventually also joined the cricket club and then the football team.

Barcelona Football Club

In 1892, Morris and his father met James Reeves, who approached the cricket club's members to propose to them the idea of creating a well-organized football club, and the Morris were among the first to join him, as they were also in love with the game. The Morris helped Reeves to find enough people to assemble two teams through their connections in the…

Samuel Morris was born in 1870 in the Philippines, as the son of the English businessman and engineer Samuel James Morris Campbell (1842–1909) and María del Socorro de Olea y Marabea (1852–1877), a teenager of Basque origin. In 1886 the family moved to Barcelona, where his father had been transferred to run the Barcelona Tramways Company Limited. On the grounds near the Hippodrome of Can Tunis, their father taught his three sons Samuel, Enrique (Henry) and Miguel (Júnior) the practice of football, a sport that was practically unknown in the city at the time.

Morris married Antonia Montero in Barcelona in 1896, and the couple had four children, Elena Antonia, Samuel Ernesto (1900–1974), Enrique Reginaldo (1902–1964), and Edgar. He always lived in Barcelona and remained linked to football; for instance, on 26 February 1931, he served as Jim Bellamy's translator in an interview. Morris died in Barcelona on 23 August 1935 at the age of 65.

Hispania AC

Copa Macaya: Champion: 1900–01 Runner-up: 1901–02 Barcelona

Copa de la Coronación: Runner-up: 1902